Barrette captures silver as Canada grabs two medals at cycling World Cup event

MILTON, Ont. — Canada has picked up its first two medals at the UCI World Cup event in Milton, Ont.

Hugo Barrette of Iles de la Madeleine, Que., captured silver in the men’s keirin final on Saturday, 0.042 seconds behind winner Jason Kenny of Great Britain and ahead of Matthijs Buchli of the Netherlands. Kenny won the 200-metre race in 10.335 seconds.

Earlier Saturday, Canada broke its medal goose egg as Allison Beveridge and Stephanie Roorda picked up a bronze in the women’s madison.

The pair from Calgary finished with 13 points, 23 behind winners Elinor Barker and Katie Archibald of Great Britain, and six back of Julie Leth and Amalie Dideriksen of Denmark in second place.